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The Department of Ethnic Studies is thrilled to announce that Dr. Olivia Chilcote, a member of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, an alum of our Ethnic Studies Ph.D. program, and an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University, has been honored as an...Read more about UC Berkeley AIGP Alumni Dr. Chilcote

It is with sincere sadness that we report the passing of Judy Yung, an Ethnic Studies Ph.D., a native of San Francisco’s Chinatown, and a pioneering scholar of Chinese American women’s history. Her many awards include being National Women’s History Month Honoree (2015); the 2007, Annie Soo...Read more about Passing of Ethnic Studies Alum Judy Yung

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A virtual exhibition dedicated to our recent exponential descent into cyberspace featuring sounds and visuals by artists Somaly Son,

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https://www.colorlines.com/articles/2-native-women-writers-harness-their-languages-liberationRead more about Professor Beth Piatote’s Work is Featured in Colorlines News Site

The latest issue of the Journal of Asian American Studies special issue on “Viral Racisms” has been released and it includes so much Berkeley Ethnic Studies brilliance. Ethnic...Read more about The Latest Issue of the Journal of Asian American Studies on “Viral Racisms” and it Includes Berkeley Ethnic Studies Exceptional Intelligence

What we knew before the election still holds true: as people of color, as queer and trans- people, as immigrants, as students, teachers, and workers, as poor and working-class people, our power comes not from the State or the government but from working together, from being in community, from...Read more about Reaction to Election Day/News Story

The Ethnic Studies Community is delighted to announce that Corliss Lee, the Main Library’s liaison to Ethnic Studies department is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Librarian Award. The award recognizes excellence in librarianship, specifically as it furthers the teaching and...Read more about Corliss Lee Named 2020 Recipient of Distinguished Librarian Award

On the eve of this historic election, Berkeley scholars from around the campus, including several members of our larger Ethnic Studies academic community, are interviewed in this article about what is at stake in the coming election. Terrific contributions by Laura Pérez, Catherine Ceniza Choy,...Read more about Some of Our Very Own Ethnic Studies Department Professors Were Interviewed – Election 2020: A Referendum on Racial Justice in America

Many of us have had the incredible pleasure of working with Itzel Calvo Medina. Now, she has been featured in The Berkeley News, and is on the UC ...Read more about Student Itzel Calvo Medina Talks About How to Balance Activism and Academics

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https://zoryaninstitute.org/books/the-chinese-diaspora-its-development-in-global-perspective/ (Zoryan Institute...Read more about ES Professor Lok Siu Book Publication – The Chinese Diaspora: Its Development in Global Perspective

Congratulations to Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu on the publication of her co-edited volume Chinese Diaspora: Its Developments in Global Perspective. This edited anthology is now available for preorder by the link below. The Zoryan Institute which publishes the Diaspora Journal will be co-...Read more about Publication of Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu’s Book — Chinese Diaspora: Its Developments in Global Perspective

Ethnic Studies’ very own Librarian Lillian Castillo Speed is deservedly featured as part of the campus’ 150 Years of Outstanding Berkeley Women. Read on to learn of Lily’s commitment, dedication, and vision proudly displayed in the Ethnic Studies Library’s collections in Chicano/Latino Studies,...Read more about Ethnic Studies Librarian Lillian Castillo Speed Celebrated as Part of the 150 Years of Outstanding Berkeley Women

Set in the near future, Nez Perce scholar, Ethnic Studies Professor, creative writer, poet, and visionary, Beth Piatote imagines a world in which antibodies offer the currency of citizenship in her short story, “Level 8 Risk.”

...Read more about Ethnic Studies Professor Beth Piatote has a Short Story in the SF Chronicle

Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) and Ethnic Studies Professor Keith Feldman shifted his instructional energy to focus student writing on the traumatic COVID-19 impact in his Humanities Methods in Ethnic Studies course in spring 2020. Revising his planned writing assignments, Feldman invited...Read more about Seldom Recorded from Keith Feldman’s Ethnic Studies Students

Congratulations to Professor Harvey Dong and Professor Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani for their outstanding achievement in co-editing the anthology, Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press). Fellow co-editors include...Read more about Mountain Movers Receives Bronze Book Award Co-Edited By Professor Harvey Dong & Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw8a8n7ZAZg&feature=youtu.beRead more about Journalist Christina Thornell’s Short Documentary Featuring Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy on Filipino Nurses & How it Relates During the Trying Times of COVID 19